Olympics Today: Sunday’s Schedule and Highlights Plus Day Eight Recap

Your need-to-know guide on day nine of the Olympics.

It was a super(ish) Saturday at the Rio Olympics, with plenty of medals and a few disappointments along the way.

Here’s what you need to know...

Rio 2016 Day Eight Highlights

Mo Farah retained the gold for Team GB in the 10,000m - despite giving fans a nasty fright when he fell over during the race. Farah thrilled the crowd, however, by springing up again and going on to glory. This is the runner’s third Olympic gold, the first British track and field athlete to achieve the feat.

Jessica Ennis-Hill claimed silver in the women’s heptathlon, despite winning her final event. Although the 2012 gold medallist won the 800m, it wasn’t enough to stop Belgium’s Nafissatou Thiam from taking the title.

In the velodrome, Laura Trott became the first British woman to win three Olympic gold medals.She and teammates Joanna Rowsell-Shand, Elinor Barker and Katie Archibald claimed victory in the team pursuit in a new world record of four minutes 10.236 seconds.

The Mystery Of The Green Diving Pool Is Finally Solved

The mystery behind the Rio Olympics’ unsightly, swamp-green pool water appears to be finally solved. The explanation, however, is nothing short of bizarre.

During a press conference Saturday, Rio 2016 officials said that on 5 August, someone accidentally dumped 160 litres of hydrogen peroxide ― the stuff you use to clean scrapes and burns ― into two pools at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Centre, reported The New York Times. The mishap neutralised the chlorine’s ability to kill organics.

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The diving pool turned a murky shade of green

Hydrogen peroxide is reportedly effective at cleaning pools, but not when used together with chlorine.

So there we go.

That Moment When You Pretend You Were Never Trying To Hit The Ball Anyway

When French tennis player Gael Monfils hit the ball into the net during his match against Japan’s Kei Nishikori, he had this rather unusual reaction...